Shipping case or box.



T. T. COPELAND;

SHIPPING CASE ORBOX. APPLICATION nun mm: 4, 1909.

Patented Feb. 1,1910.

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THADDEUS T. COPE \ND, 0F RECTOR, ARKANSAS.

SHIPPING CASE OR BOX.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

Application filed June 4, 1909. Serial No. 500.140.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TI-IADDEUS T. Cora LAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rector, in the county of Clay and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping Cases or Boxes, of which'the following is a contents have been removed, the side members being employed in connection with detachable heads which cooperate to render the case very rigid when the same is set up and goods are disposed therein for shipment purposes.

F or a full comprehension of the invention, reference is to be had to the following detail description and to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is-a perspective view of the case embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal sectional view; Fig. 3 is a transverse section; and Fig. 4. is a slde view showing the side members of the case nested or in knock-down condition as when they are being shipped back to the originalshipper.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings and description.

Specifically describing the invention and referring particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the side members of the case, two of which are employed, and each of said side members is of metallic construction preferably being provided with the end extensions 1. I The side members 1 are connected together by coupling means directly appliedto the en extensions 1 which roj ect laterally'from the side members an are provided at their outermost vertical edges with interlocking loops 2 through which coupling rods 3 are adapted to pass, one of said rods being located at each end of the case. It will be apparent that when. the loops 2 are arranged in alinement, the rods 3 may be readily passed through said loops and the side members 1 of the case may thus be connected positively. \Vhen used for certain purposes, it is contemplated that the angle portions of the side membersl shall be reinforced by angle plates i riveted or otherwise applied thereto, the said reinforce ments being preferably used on cases designed to carry heavy articles, such as canned goods.

The horizontal edge portions of the side members 1 and their extensions 1 are formed with the lateral flanges 1 which not only increase the rigidity or strength of the side members, but said flanges cooperate with top and bottom heads 5 and 6 which close the space between the upper and lower edge portions of the side members and their end extensions, and are held against the said flanges by the contents of the receptacle.

The closing heads 5 and G are preferably made of wood and they are preferably of rectangular form as shown m the drawings. In the actual use of the lnventlon, the

between the side members 1 and the end extensions of said side members are connected together by means of the coupling rods 3. The heads 5 and 6 are, of course, arranged in their proper positions to close the top and bottom of the case and this done the edge flanges 1 of the side members 1 are connected by ties 7 of strap metal, the ends of said ties being passed through slots in the side members 1 and then bent outwardly to overlap the flanges 1 above mentioned. Ordinarily the extensions 1 of the side members 1 have a certainamou'nt of spring or yieldability by reason of the fact that the end members are constructed of light sheet metal and such construction permits of drawing the end extensions 1 by force into positions substantially at a right angle to the bodies of the end members and when erecting the case for shipment purposes.

When the ties 7. are detached and the coupling rods 3 removed, the end extensions 1 spring outwardly so as to extend at an obtuse angle from the body portions of the side members 1 and this permits'of nesting the side members in the manner shown clearly in Fi 1 of the drawings, a suitable number of t e nested side members being goods to be shipped in the case are packed connected together by securing the ties 7 to the cou ling rods 3 of the outermost members. t will thus be apparent that considerable space ,is economized'lwhen the ment of diflerent goods.

Having thus described this invention, What is claimed as new is 1. A collapsible shipping case consistin of side members provided with integral en extensions projecting laterally therefrom and toward one another, detachable couplings connecting the adjacent edges of the end extensions, the side members and end extensions being provided with edge flanges, and opposite heads received between the side members and seated at their edge portions against the inner sides of the flanges, the heads being removable only when the side members are separated.

2, A collapsible ship ing case consisting of side members provi ed with end extensions projecting laterally therefrom and toward one another, detachable couplingsconnecting the adjacent edges of the end extensions, the side members and end extensions being provided with edge flanges, op-

:posite heads received'betit'een the side memers and seated at "their. edge portions against the inner sides 'of'the flanges, and detachable ties connecting the side members and arranged on the outer sides of the heads.

3. A collapsible shipping case consisting of side members provided with end extensions projecting laterall therefrom and toward one another, detac iable couplings conmating the adjacent edges of the end extensions, the side members and end eiitensions' being provided with edge flanges, opposite heads received between the side members and seated at their edge portions against the inner sides of the flanges, the end extensions being adapted to yield in an endwise manner when under tension, and metallic ties having the ends thereof passed through the side members and bent outwardly to pivgrlap their flanges for the purpose speci- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Ti'inDnEUs T. COPELAND.

Witnesses;

W. E. LYNCH, HOMER MoGINNIs. 

